The Wind Orchestra's half of the program, "Remembering Sousa: The American Bandmaster," works through the march repertoire that defined American band music for a century. The Concert Band answers with "A Love Story," a themed program of its own.
Split bills like this are how Georgia State's School of Music gets two full ensembles onto the Rialto stage in one night, and they tend to draw a broader audience than either group would alone.
The Rialto Center for the Arts is at 80 Forsyth St NW. Curtain is at 7 p.m.